Typographical machine.



G. LAEMMER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1913.

Patented June 1O, 1913.

S TE T 1hr, yq zjh omit may-coricem: Y n B e iii-known thatlI, 1 Gusrav LAEMMER, a a subject (of-the German Emperor, residing at 'J, 3 5-Hauptstrasse, Gebweiler, in Alsace-Lor- 5 afaine, in-t the-Empireof Germany, have inyented new and" useful Improvements" in Typographical Machines, of which the followmgisfa specification;

- l-Thi's invention relates; to clutch controllinggmedlifihlslfl f'ordistribfiters of typographical machines, said mechanism automatically operating when matrices of a font forcigntolthatfor the time-being-in'use in I lelnent the machine, and hereinafter termed for- .1 ;e ign-matrices, are introduced into the 'socalleddistributer. box.

z lrpr the oper'at' 'n of the mechanism acoordinggto thisinvention, there may be used the lmown font distinguishing device ar- .ranged the so-calleddistributer box, conf 'sisting... f an adjustable pin adapted to cooperate with notches differently positioned in the matrices of the different fonts; [The drawings show one'method of carry- 2 ing out thein'yention.

Fig-lire l is rear elevation of the distributer box together with the clutch controlling mechanism; and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectivelya horizontal section and a verticalsection of parts of the same.

1 TImt-distributer .box .a is ,known manner, and has arail b with a full i of ribs or, teeth adapted to en- Q agage with, the toothed .V-shaped recesses of 1 :;thejmatrices, on to which teeth the composed tively different positions line 10f atrices is pushed from the second elevator matrix rail which as ordinarily, conveys the matrices from the first elevator to thedistributer. The matrices are, in the 40 known manner, transferred to the actual dis-' angle ,lever c and the tributer bar by the p lifter d pivoted to the said lever, which latter is, as ordinarily, operated from the shaft of one of the distributerjscrews.

5 a The font distinguishing pin 6 is arranged inside the distributer box a, and, in the known manner, cooperates with notches f in the feet of the matrices; matrices of different fonts have the'no-tches f in respecin their feet, so that only matrices of the font then in use are free to pass the pin 6. \Vhile with previous arrangements the matrices were simply blocked in the distributor box and the second elevator was prevented from descending to its '"rrroiiant nna; I htmoninnl' formed in the i psrav' mammary, or GEBWETLER, 'GEnntANX-, essrqivgn, 'roj gvrnnssnprrfnnn' LIno'rYr-E coMrANmaooRPonArIoN oF'nEWaronxL-Q lower position, according to the present in ventiomthis pin a is connected with or forms i e or m m. Patented iririreiolaeis'. I Application-filed January 7, 191s; 'Seria1No.740,60$;

partof, clutch controlling mechanism which stops the distributor, so that the attention of the operator is at .once called to the pres- .ence of a foreign matrix, whichhhe (321111 113 move before it causes. any damage.

The pine is independently movable along,

but not angularly upon, a guide rod or shaft g..- At the end of the shaft grand rigidly secured to it, is a lever arm h-which, by means of alongitudinallyjmovable bar is provided with slots i engages with the known distributor stop-rack 1" ca able of being, as

ordinarily, moved 'longitu inally by the mati-1x guide plates in the so-calledmagazine" entrance. r

\Vhen a foreign matrix is' delivered into the distributing box; the notch f thereof not being ,alined with the pin 6, its foot, strikes against the said pin, so that the latter, in opposition to a spring m is tilted, and thereby the shaft 9 and lever arm k are turned soas to push the bar In, and through the stop rack 7', effect the opening ofihe distributor clutch and 'theconsequent stoppage of the distributer. The return movement of the lever arm h is limited by a stop pin n. In' order that the pin 6 may be ad usted for diiferent fonts' of matrices, this pin, which, as previously stated, is slidable on its shaft 9, has a segmental projection 0, which engages .with the thread of a screwed spindle p rotatably:- mounted in the distributor box; by turning the spindle p by means of the milled head 1 fast thereon, the pin e can be adjusted toany desired position to suit the respectively different fonts of matrices ,to be'usedin the machine."

The before described device will be operated whenever 't-here'reaches the pin 6 a matrix whose notch f is not alined with the said pin; for instance, this would happen in the case of a matrix reaching the distributor box in a reversed position.

,Havin described my invention, what I claim and desire t9 secure by Letters Patent bution of matrices of one font and for pre- -vent-ing the distribution of those of a different font, and distributor stop mechanism adapted to be .operated by said means.

5 3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a font distinguisher to permit the distribution of but one font of matrices at a time, and distributor stop mechanism ada ted to be actuated by the font distinguis er in the event that a matrix of improper font is presented for distribution.

4. In a typographical machine, the combination of a font-distinguishing device to arrest a matrix of improper font prior to its distribution, and distributor stop mechanism actuated thereby.

5. In a typographical machine comprising traveling matrices, the combination of means arranged to permit the passage of matrices-of like form and to arrest a matrix of unlike form, and distributor stop mechanism adapted to be actuated when a matrix is so arrested.

6. In a typographical machine comprising matrices formed with recesses in their ed es,

the combination'of'distributer stop mec a-' nism, and a device to register with the recesses of the'matrices and adapted to actuate the distributer stop mechanism when it does not register therewith 1 7-.-- In a typographical machine, thecombination with the distributor box through fails to present its recess in position to reg-' ister with the pin.

9. In atypographical machine comprising matrices formed with differently located recesses in their bottom edges, the combination with the distributor box through which the matrices pass, and distributor stop mecha11ism,-of a pin to register with the recesses of the matrices as they pass through the dis tributer box; means connected to the pin for actuating the distributor stop mechanism, and devices for adjusting the pin to different positions to correspond with. the differstop mechanism adapted to be actuated by the font distinguisher in the. event of the improper presentation thereto of a matrix foreign to the font for WhlCll it is positioned.

11. Ina typographical machine, the com- I bination with the distributor lift box through which the matrices pass, and distributor stop mechanism, of a pin 'in the path of the matrices, movable in that box, a shaft on which the said pin is axially movable means manually operative to move the pin axially along the shaft, and a lever arm fast to the shaft, adapted to actuate the distributer stop mechanism.

12: In a typographical machine, the com-' bination 'with the distributorlift .box

tributer stop mechanism, of a pin in the path of the'matrices, movable in that box, a shaft on which the said pin'isaxiallymovable, a, lever arm: fast to the' shaft, adapted to actuate the distributor stop mechanism, a stop for the lever arm, and a spring operative to normally hold the lever arm against the stop. I

Y 13. In a ty graphical machine, the combination with the distributer lift. box through which the-matrices pass, and distrib'uter stop mechanism, of a. pin in the path of the matrices, movable in that box, a shaft on which the said pin is'axially movable, a lever arm fast to the shaft, adapted to actuate the distributor stop mechanism, a segment fast to the pin, a screw rotatable in the distributer lift-box,'engagingwith the segment to move the pin'along its shaft,

and means for manually rotating the screw.-

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n the presence of two w1tnesses..

. G. LAEMMERQ \Vitnesses v FHA-Nous R. Jnwn'r'r,

JACOB SCHMIDT. 

